The edge of a ****** can sometimes be surprisingly sharp. Small convective showers can produce heavy precipitation over a narrow area while immediately adjacent locations receive little or nothing. Wind can further shift the falling rain beneath...
Not every lightning strike begins in a cloud and travels downward. Tall structures such as skyscrapers, communication towers, and wind turbines can initiate upward lightning under certain electrical conditions. A discharge can develop from the...
Clouds can reduce ultraviolet radiation, but they don't necessarily block all of it. Significant amounts of UV can still reach the ground through or around cloud cover. Under certain cloud conditions, scattered radiation can even complicate how...
A lightning channel rapidly heats the surrounding air to an extraordinarily high temperature. The heated air expands explosively and creates a pressure wave that travels outward as sound. That sound is thunder. Because light travels vastly faster...